Front panel
The front panel contains 12 slots for a mix of 4 TB hard disk drives (HDDs) and 800 GB
solid state drives (SSDs). The exact layout of the drives, and the types of drives used
varies depending on the specific system model.
Configurations that do not fill all 12 drive slots use filler panels in the empty slots to
maintain proper air flow inside the chassis.
DD6300 front panel
DD6300 All-in-One (AIO) systems have one of the following front panel drive
configurations to host the DD OS boot drives, and provide storage for customer data:
Upgrading a base configuration to an expanded configuration provides less capacity
than a factory-built expanded configuration.
Table 2 DD6300 AIO capacity
Configuration Installed drives Usable internal
capacity
DD6300 base
configuration
Seven 4 TB HDDs 14 TB
DD6300 expanded
configuration (factory)
Twelve 4 TB HDDs 34 TB
DD6300 expanded
configuration (upgrade)
Seven 4 TB HDDs + Five 4 TB HDDs 22 TB
Table 3 DD6300 AIO configuration
Slot 0: HDD 1 Slot 1: HDD 2 Slot 2: HDD 3 Slot 3: HDD 4
Slot 4: HDD 5 Slot 5: HDD 6 Slot 6: HDD 7 Slot 7: Filler
Slot 8: Filler Slot 9: Filler Slot 10: Filler Slot 11: Filler
Table 4 DD6300 AIO expanded configuration
Slot 0: HDD 1 Slot 1: HDD 2 Slot 2: HDD 3 Slot 3: HDD 4
Slot 4: HDD 5 Slot 5: HDD 6 Slot 6: HDD 7 Slot 7: HDD 8
Slot 8: HDD 9 Slot 9: HDD 10 Slot 10: HDD 11 Slot 11: HDD 12
DD6800 front panel
DD6800 Dataless Head (DLH) systems have one of the following front panel drive
configurations to host the DD OS boot drives and provide metadata caching on SSD:
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